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From Your Editor CRISTEN C. BOLAN Vol. 48, No. 9 November/December 2008 Chairman/CEO John F. Reilly President/Publisher Sean P. Reilly Editorial Editor Cristen C. Bolan Associate Editor Nick Obradovich Please send press releases to press@rcgpubs.com and chart responses to charts@rcgpubs.com Consulting Editor Maureen Leahy-Patano Drill Down into RSNA with the FastPass With an entire new wing added on to this sion-weighted imaging of masses in the kidneys, year’s RSNA annual conference, finding semiovaries and prostate. nars, courses and workshops, key vendors or Attendees will be introduced to new MR moleceven wireless zones will be a bit more challenging ular imaging methods, multimodal agents, the use this time around. of fluorodeoxyglucose PET to predict cardiovascuBut don’t worry. Tracking down new technology lar risk, plus a new PET tracer to assess innervaat RSNA just got a lot easier with ITN’s online tion and increased use of MR smart agents. RSNA FastPass at www.rsnafastpass.com/rsna2008 Highlights in nuclear medicine encompass and its print version available at our booth #6811. new techniques in PET imaging with respiratory From there, drill down to find the latest advances in gating and new hybrid technology such as CT, MR, PET, ultrasound, FFDM, breast MRI, Xgamma ultrasound. ray and flat panel imaging, in addition to PACS, Groundbreaking research on the linkage of gene RIS, 3D imaging and more radiology IT solutions. expression to tissue characterization is an imporThe RSNA FastPass supplement also gives you tant topic in which the morphology visible on insight into the prospective growth of the imaging cross-sectional imaging exams was compared with market. 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Image Technology News - November 2008 Contents RSNA CT Systems Imaging An Image is Worth a Thousand Words Ultrasound Systems MBI Takes on FFDM Trouble in Multi-PACS Paradise When is Appropriateness Criteria Appropriate? RIS/PACS in a Web 2.0 World Digital Mammography Helps Center Continue its Commitment to the Best in Patient-Focused Breast Cancer Cardiovascular Imaging Systems PARCA Extends Expertise to World PACS Market

Image Technology News - November 2008

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